Topgunners Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 (edited) Well,after a lot of reccying week after week and only shooting 40's and 50's , our mobile phones went mad this week. Farmers ringing up all over the place. Pigeons and blackies battering the barley and wheat fields. The first farmer said somebody had maliciously opened a gate to a wheat field and his herd of cows had entered it and flattened huge areas of the crop. Pigeons and blackies were hitting it in their hundreds. Saturday I arrived early morning and watched 300-400 blackies hitting a huge flat patch. About 70 yards to the right, flocks of pigeons were swooping in to another patch. I set up about 20 yards to the right of the crow patch and put a flapper and deeks in the hole and a magnet and pigeon deeks in the other. I shot 13 blackies very quickly and 2 pigeons and then the proverbial; they all flew off into the distance. I waited for a while , then picked up. I drove to another farm who had hundreds of blackies hitting the cow sheds. Upon arrival about 500-600 took to the sky. I sat for half an hour watching the flight line and between the wood and barns was a grass field, which they were flighting over. I decided to set up on the field and try to intercept them. I put out the flapper and 2 angels and within minutes the cows came over, sniffed my angels and then promptly flattened them. I tried 3 times and straightaway they did the same thing.I gave up with them and just had the flapper out. I shot 24 in the next hour and it went quiet. I rang my mate, who was out with his son and Pigeon Controller's buddy DJB, and asked how they were getting on. Al said they had found a few on some flattened Barley and he had shot about 18. The other two were getting a few shots. We decided whoever was getting the best action we would join up with each other. I had a couple more and was just about to pickup and then they started to come in heavy. After half an hour it went MENTAL. I was shooting cartridges like they were going out of fashion.I only stopped for 2 sandwiches and 1 drink all day. The boys were also having a BONANZA day. At 5.00pm I had a phone call from Al to say that he had shot 64 and the other two had shot 240 They had to pack up due to other business. I said" you have got to be crazy, when they were still banging in. " I shot till 7.00pm and ended up with 150 blackies. The farmer came over at the end,thanked me profusely and gave me a huge bag of fresh out of the ground,new potatoes to take away. WHAT A DAY -- 469 birds Sunday We all met up early morning and decided to split up and check the other farms out, that we had calls from.My self and the twoboys went to the first farm, Again; battered by blackies. Got there and nothing about at all. We shot 2 magpies and moved on. 2nd farm we got to again no birds. We decided to go back to the barley and shoot an adjoining field from the one on Saturday. We arrived to see pigeons dropping in to a corner of the field and setup straightaway. The pigeons came in steady all day and we ended up with 87. Al and another mate had gone mooching and had setup 5 times on different farms and suffered badly. Birds in the hundreds when they arrived and a few bangs later disappeared. They ended up with 52. Total for the weekend. 445 x Pigeons 163 x Blackies 2 x Magpies Total 610 birds. Edited July 7, 2014 by Topgunners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangford wildfowler Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Flipping hell weldone you really did well! Enjoy your hard earned spuds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Excellent Bag....Brilliant Write Up......And a Fantastic Weekend.....Well Done You Deserve 10 / 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickyard shooter Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Hi the name says it all lol topgunners well done sounds like your going to have some more good days ahead. Well done guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berettacocker Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Well done Dave, you must be knackered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Good to see a Topgunner's report, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly47 Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 well done fellas, great shooting. anyone interested in the 2 pigeons and 1 crow I got this afternoon :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet1747 Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 how many carts was that ,the way I shoot it would be 10,000 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 that will take some beating...quality weekend,nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunny_blaster Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Nice one Dave. Good to see your getting amongst them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 That's not too shabby at all...!!! Well done fellas, sounds like a great weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 A weekend to remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuy Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 The good times are here! Well done a top weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefy Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Top shooting mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Good write up. But who really left the gate open Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty* Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Well done lads sounds a good weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Well done Dave and the lads , nice to see that you are dragging DB out away from his carp fishing. Brilliant write up and result. The knee must be getting better. As you say " Never Give Up". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topgunners Posted July 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Well done Dave and the lads , nice to see that you are dragging DB out away from his carp fishing. Brilliant write up and result. The knee must be getting better. As you say " Never Give Up". Hi Bob It was a cracking result. Didn't see a boilie in sight. As for the knee? I wish. It has got worse. I tore my gastrocnemius muscle and it hurts like mad. Trying to walk across fields with a heap of tackle wrapped round my neck, under my arms and on 2 crutches was a nightmare. Worth it though. Dave K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Hi Bob It was a cracking result. Didn't see a boilie in sight. As for the knee? I wish. It has got worse. I tore my gastrocnemius muscle and it hurts like mad. Trying to walk across fields with a heap of tackle wrapped round my neck, under my arms and on 2 crutches was a nightmare. Worth it though. When I was working in Cov we had loads of Eastern Europeans around, they work for next to nothing?????. Dave K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezi bez Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Nice one lads deffinatley gunna take some beeting .thought id had a good weekend but that beets me at 149 in 2 sessions on swathed rape although it did rain on both days and I only had a coupple of hrs on both days thats still an outstanding performance well done mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Continental Shooter Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Excellent Bag....Brilliant Write Up......And a Fantastic Weekend.....Well Done You Deserve 10 / 10 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 That really is some top gunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim85 Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 TooooopppppppGunnnneeerrrs for a reason! Top write up and good shooting lads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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